Jackson County seeks reprieve from Medicare cutoff
Jackson County Nursing Home faced potential Medicare funding loss scheduled for Tuesday after a Nov. 15 notice citing deficiencies, including no sprinkler in the recreation room. A federal review planned later this week could delay or sustain the cutoff, affecting new patients first and Medicaid beneficiaries mostly unaffected.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Nursing Home
Richard Ligon
State university tuition hikes forecast for 1983
Illinois Board of Higher Education staff budget reports call for further tuition increases and staff cuts to finance high priority needs. The studies compare unit costs, note tuition's essential role, and urge careful staffing reductions while preparing final January recommendations.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Chicago
Illinois
Big Ten
Civil Service
IBHE to get suggestions on writing skills after complaints
A state task force formed by the Illinois Board of Higher Education proposes nine ways to boost writing outcomes from elementary to college levels. It urges stronger teacher preparation for writing, more in service training for college instructors, and collaborative curriculum development with the State Board of Education. The panel also calls for broader teacher accountability, more research on effective methods and assessment, and dissemination of findings to educators and the public.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Joint Education Committee
Chicago
IBHE
State Board of Education
SBE
Southern Illnois University-Carbondale
Siu-Edwardsville
Western Electric Corporation
Oakbrook Terrace
SIUC
Union County faces record-high property tax multiplier
For 1982 the state assigns Union County a tentative multiplier of 2.6369, up from 2.3978 last year. County officials say high multipliers reflect long overdue reassessments and caution tax bills could rise if local bodies request similar funds as last year.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Union County
Gene Plott
Plott
Metropolis weekly launches all-news TV channel
The Metropolis Planet debuts Channel 11, an all-news cable service for Comcast subscribers. Operated by Clyde Wills and Ray Edwards, the channel airs AP news 24 hours, local segments, hourly bulletins, and four daily classified ads displays. It features 24-hour weather, plans for forecasts, and external video capabilities for events. It costs about 25000 to operate and aims to be self-supporting through ads.
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Bonnie Marx
The
Southern Illinoisan
Metropolis
Metropolis Planet
Clyde Wills
Channel
Comcast
Associated Press News
Wills
Ray Edwards
May
the Planet
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